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Lina Simoni
was born in Genoa, Italy and moved to the US in 1988 to pursue an academic career. With a B.S. in Engineering, a Ph.D. in Computer Science, and training in Neuroscience, she did research and taught for 12 years at major American institutions (MIT, Northwestern University, McGill University) in the field of Computational Neuroscience, studying and modeling the functions of the human brain. She abandoned her scientific endeavors in 2000, when she decided to turn her lifelong hobbies (literature and art) into full-time professional activities.
Trained at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Evanston Art Center, she showed her paintings and photographs in galleries in the Midwest, Northeast, Florida, and the South of France. On the literary front, she is the author of two novels, award-winning "The Scent of Rosa's Oil"published in the US, Germany and Greece; and "The House of Serenades" published in Germany and to appear in the US in April of 2012. She is also the author of "Sofia's Rainbow", a children's book that is also a charity for children's literacy programs.
She is a member of the National League of American Pen Women, Palm Springs Women in Film and Television, and the Palm Springs Writers' Guild. At the moment she is working on her third novel, "The Cabinet Spell."
Lina has a 27-year-old son, Tommaso, who is a talented actor/musician as well as a scholar of the cultures of the Mediterranean basin. She lives in Palm Springs, CA. with her two cocker spaniels, Biscuit and Simon.
Scroll down for pics of Tommaso, Biscuit, and Simon
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| Tommaso sailing the Marmara Sea |
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| Tommaso performing with a nomad band in Naples, Italy |
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| Tommaso and one of the band members |
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